Just curious. Don’t flog me!
… and no use of Word allowed! (okay, NOW I’d better prepare for a floggin’)
Amazingly it appears that you are not the 1st to ask this question…
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and there was i thinking he was talking about the symbol for pi, not the value 
[quote=“Traveller”]and there was i thinking he was talking about the symbol for pi, not the value [/quote]You mean this this?
You might be right. Its available on one of those seldom used programs whos name I can never remember…word map or something like that.
Different fonts offer different symbols.
added:
Thanks truant…character map…thats the one.
Kinda tricky to use, but it has a lot of symbols you need on occasion but never know how the hell to type them.
like this:
π
if you go to accessories->system tools-> character map there is a whole bunch of stuff in there not found on the keyboard.
Π
? Use character map in start->All Programs->Accessories->System tools
That is what I meant.
[quote=“Big Fluffy Matthew”]
Π
? Use character map in start->All Programs->Accessories->System tools[/quote]
I said type
It says the code is U+03A0 for Greek Capital Letter Pi, or Π, and U+03C0 for Greek Small Letter Pi, or π. Can I actually type those codes to get the characters?
[quote=“Quirky”][quote=“Big Fluffy Matthew”]
Π
? Use character map in start->All Programs->Accessories->System tools[/quote]
I said type
It says the code is U+03A0 for Greek Capital Letter Pi, or Π, and U+03C0 for Greek Small Letter Pi, or π. Can I actually type those codes to get the characters?[/quote]
if you look at the bottom right of the character map, you see a keystroke, if there is one available. Looks like there isn’t one of Pi…but, how often are you going to type that anyway? You can just copy/paste it once it is in your document.
Change the font to Symbol then type ‘p’
[color=darkblue]Now that’s friggin’ cool![/color]
Another way would be to press ALT and type the number 227 on the numeric keyboard. (Extended ascii).
C A K E
doh!
But I got
So you are using a OS with a different codepage settings.
Why can’t you just ‘insert’ symbol? Am I missing something?
exactly right, but apparently the OP wants to be able to type it. I can’t see why it’d be such a big deal to need to type it 
Why not just reset your computer keyboard to the Greek alphabet input system. Wouldn’t that be the answer?
If you’re using MS Word, you can just assing a shortcut key to it. Go to Insert —> Symbol. Select pi as the symbol, then click “Assign shortcut key.”
It will only work in Word, though.